machismo

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  1. noun A strong or exaggerated sense of masculinity stressing attributes such as physical courage, virility, domination of women, and aggressiveness.
  2. noun An exaggerated sense of strength or toughness: "People prefer raw-milk cheese for its subtlety and depth of flavor, not out of some kind of foodie machismo” (Corby Kummer).

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  • Watch TV clips of Tzipi Livni disheveled with no makeup to show machismo, and as Tariq Ali puts it: —  SteveLendmanBlog
  • "The body liberated from what Foucault scornfully called the machismo of proud male ejaculation is also the male body liberated from what may be its first experience, at once sobering and thrilling, of the limits of power." —  1tbm
  • Challenging the very idea of machismo, one purl at a time —  Metro Times
  • Background: While Save Me from Myself was an honest and compelling catharsis of dealing with demons, Fieldy's book reads like a machismo-driven and insincere account of excesses and embarrassing moments.
  • Moral weaklings hiding behind a façade of machismo are at the top rank of urban role models. —  Common Sense Political Thought
 

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  1. Spanish, from macho, male; see macho.
 

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